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My partner has a bog standard Weseary headset and the knobs don’t work on Linux. Setting up his gaming mouse from Logitech was also a nightmare. Linux needs to work on it’s plug and play for normiea, as much as I love it.

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ikirin@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
IMO that’s not the fault of Linux per se but of the manifacturers that only provide drivers/software for Windows and then let the community figure out the rest. The end result is the same just due to a different cause.

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- AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sadly most manufacturers still don’t care about linux support. If you are lucky sometimes there’s a community alternative. But even then some of the advanced features may not work.
  
  What you can do is check on their website which drivers they have available, and avoid buying stuff that doesn’t have Linux support when possible.
  
  With more adoption I hope that it becomes increasingly available, although in practice I’ve seen several products drop their Linux support due to low users. 😢
  
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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s because Linux isn’t used widely enough. Nobody is gonna put in effort for the sake of 3 random customers.
  
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  - fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I really hope the Steam suite pushes the tide.
    
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Nugscree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
If it is a wireless one Solaar has been my go to program to manage Logitech mouses, so maybe that will also help you?

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- fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It took several hours to set that up.
  
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  - Nugscree@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Hmm odd it should not take that long, especially with the flatpack. My install picked up the unified receiver near instant, it was only setting up the keys that took a few minutes for the MX Master 3s.
    
    Does it all work now?
    
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    fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yes, he had some macros to set up and is totally new to Linux, however he ended up temporarly back on Windows as he has an Nvidia card and their Linux drivers have not caught up yet with the new tech. Once they do he is switching back.
    
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